Nikolina Shtereva

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Nikolina Shtereva
Medal record
Women's
athletics
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal 800 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Munich 800 m
Gold medal – first place 1979 Vienna 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Grenoble 800 m

Nikolina Pavlova Shtereva (

Bulgarian record
holder in the 800 metres.

International career

She was born in

Gisela Klein.[3] She won another gold medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships, 0.3 seconds ahead of Anita Weiß,[4] and finished sixth at the 1982 European Indoor Championships.[5] She also won the 800 metres event at the 1979 IAAF World Cup.[6]

In winning her medals at the 1976 and 1979 European Indoor Championships, she was a part of a strong tradition of Bulgarian 800 metres runners, who won medals at the European Indoor Championships in 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. Other than Shtereva, these medals were taken by Svetla Zlateva (1972), Stefka Yordanova (1973), Rositsa Pekhlivanova (1975), Lilyana Tomova (1976) and Totka Petrova (1977, 1978).[7]

Shtereva also competed in the Olympic Games twice, in

world record of 1:54.94 minutes, while Shtereva clocked in 1:55.42 minutes. The previous world record was 1:56.0 minutes, achieved by Valentina Gerasimova in June the same year.[8] In the 1976 Olympic 1500 metres event Shtereva reached the final as well, after a fourth place in the heat and a second place in the semi-final. In the final round she finished fourth with 4:06.57 minutes, despite having clocked in 4:02.33 minutes in the semi-final.[1] Kazankina won the gold again; Shtereva was 0.48 seconds too late for the bronze medal.[9]

In the

1982 European Championships.[10]

Domestic titles

Shtereva became Bulgarian champion in the 400 metres in 1974, 800 metres champion in 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989, 1500 metres champion 1980, 1985 and 1986 and 10,000 metres champion in 1986. In the 800 metres she established a long-standing championship record with her 1:57.2 minutes, achieved in 1979. After Shtereva's last national championship victory in the 800 metres, the hegemony was taken over by Petya Strashilova who won every year but one (1996) between 1990 and 1998.[11] She also became Bulgarian indoor champion in the 800 metres in 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980 and 1987, in the 1500 metres in 1976 and 1987 and in the 3000 metres in 1986. She achieved championship records all three events, with 2:01.1 minutes, 4:09.80 minutes and 9:06.61 minutes respectively; the two latter times were beat in 2000 by Daniela Yordanova, with 4:08.53 minutes and 8:52.90 minutes respectively.[12]

Personal bests

The times achieved by Shtereva at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1:55.42 in the 800 metres and 4:02.33 in the 1500 metres, remained her personal best times.

Bulgarian record in the 800 metres.[15] She also had 2:33.8 minutes in the 1000 metres, achieved in July 1976 in Sofia,[16] 4:30.26 minutes in the mile run, achieved in June 1988 in Bratislava,[17] 9:00.38 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in August 1978 in Thessaloniki,[18] and 15:37.49 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in May 1985 in Budapest.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nikolina Shtereva". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ "1975 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  3. ^ "1976 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  4. ^ "1979 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  5. ^ "1982 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  6. ^ "IAAF World Cup in Athletics". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  7. ^ "European Indoor Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Women's 1,500 metres Final". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Women 800m European Championships 1982 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Bulgarian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Bulgarian Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  13. ^ World women's all-time best 800m (last updated 2001)
  14. ^ World women's all-time best 1500m (last updated 2001)
  15. ^ Bulgarian Records Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (last updated 31 December 07))
  16. ^ World women's all-time best 1000m (last updated 2001)
  17. ^ World women's all-time best 1 mile (last updated 2001)
  18. ^ World women's all-time best 3000m (last updated 2001)
  19. ^ World women's all-time best 5000m (last updated 2001)
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